Health
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BMA warns of impending ‘disaster’ as its research shows 40% of doctors who qualified in EEA may leave because they feel less welcome
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Should an oncologist step in when a patient wants alternative treatment? Sometimes the gift of autonomy is the only thing left
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Report by health thinktank criticises telephone service, which it says sends people to A&E or calls an ambulance out too often
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Inspectors discovered seafood past its expiry date and food stored without temperature controls, says Which? survey
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One-off examination, being introduced across NHS, was able to prevent 35% of bowel cancers overall and 40% of deaths
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NHS trusts in England posted a deficit of £886m at the end of the third quarter, £300m more than the target for the end of this financial year
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Letters: In attempting to replace vocational motivation with commercial incentives we have all but destroyed the best of healthcare’s professional art, heart, spirit and intellect
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Letter: Vitamin D is vital not only to the health of the immune system, thereby reducing the likelihood of cancer as well as of infections, it is also essential for mental health
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Writer of The Cider House Rules laments new president’s threat to LGBT and abortion rights, and says winners at next weekend’s Oscars should be free to protest
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Anthony Nolan had called for funding for transplants for people who relapse with diseases such as leukaemia
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Plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the groundbreaking 1973 US legal case over the right to abortion
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Case of Malcolm Steward is described as ‘shocking’ and is seen as further evidence of bed shortage crisis in intensive care
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A precise map of a living brain is of immense interest to researchers – but won’t always help the patient, writes Daniel Glaser
Forget five a day, eat 10 portions of fruit and veg to cut risk of early death